Consultant Tries to Get
Hispanics to Use Banks

ATLANTA -- One of the Southeast's biggest untapped banking markets is about to be offered its first batch of debit cards.

Beginning next month, an Atlanta banking consultant working with several Georgia employers will try to persuade their largely "unbanked" workers -- mainly Hispanic immigrants -- to keep their money in a bank. Under a pilot program, dubbed "Directo," the workers' paychecks will be deposited...